THE CHANCERY COURT OF HARRISON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI IN RE: THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES C. STEPHENSON, Deceased Civil Case No.: 24-760 (JP) RICHARD W. GRIGGS, Petitioner RULE 81 SUMMONS CHANCERY COURT SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO: THE UNKNOWN OR KNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW AND ANY AND ALL OTHER PERSONS CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST AS HEIRS-AT-LAW OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES C. STEPHENSON, DECEASED You have been made Respondents in the lawsuit filed in the Court by Richard W. Griggs, Petitioner. The Petition filed against you has initiated a civil action against you to have the Estate of James C. Stephenson, Deceased, administered in accordance with law and seeking to have Richard W. Griggs adjudicated and decreed by this Court to be the sole and only beneficiary of JAMES C. STEPHENSON, deceased, as fully set out in bill on file in the Chancery Court of Harrison County, Mississippi. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND COMMANDED TO PERSONALLY APPEAR IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF HARRISON COUNTY, AT THE HARRISON COUNTY CHANCERY COURT, LOCATED AT 1801 23rd AVENUE, IN GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, ON THE 10th DAY OF DECEMBER, 2025, AT 9:00, A.M. TO DEFEND SAID SUIT AND SHOW CAUSE WHY THE RELIEF SOUGHT AND PRAYED FOR IN THE PETITION SHOULD NOT BE GRANTED. You are not required to file an Answer or other pleading with the Court Clerk if you claim to be an heir-at-law, but you may do so if you desire. ISSUED UNDER MY HAND & the Seal of said Court, this 16th day of OCTOBER, 2026. ANGELA THRASH, Chancery Clerk Harrison County, Mississippi ~ 2nd Judicial District [ SEAL ] By: /s/ Andrea Keegan , D.C. HARRISON COUNTY CHANCERY COURT Prepared & Submitted by: SHANE C. WHITFIELD, ESQUIRE Attorney for Petitioner | Mississippi Bar No. 100071 ANDREW C. BURRELL, P.A. shane@andrewburrell.com 1643 East Pass Road, Suite A Gulfport, Mississippi 39507 Phone: 1.228/896-4016 Fax: 1.228/896.8372 IPL0286436 Nov 5,12,19 2025